Marion Residence; Firemans Fund Insurance Company Marcus Vasquez WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMARCUS VASQUEZ, Applicant,vs.MARION RESIDENCE; FIREMANS FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants,INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE RECOVERY SERVICES,Party-in-interest.Case No. ADJ171587 (GRO0020678)(San Luis Obispo District Office)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION On December 21, 2012, we granted the petition of hearing representative Integrated Healthcare Recovery Services (IHRS) for reconsideration of the October 5, 2012 “Order §4907 Ruling” of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ), who ordered that “The right of Monica Hoffman and Integrated Healthcare Recovery Services to appear before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board is suspended under Labor Code §4907.” When we granted reconsideration we also noticed our intention to issue an order suspending IHRS from appearing as a hearing representative before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) through its employees and agents until a $1,000 sanction earlier ordered on June 11, 2009, was paid. We further allowed IHRS 20 days from the date the notice of intention was served on December 21, 2012, to either pay the $1,000 sanction or to present written objection, claim, or request for further hearing to the Appeals Board regarding the intended suspension of the privilege of appearing, as noticed therein. On January 14, 2012, the Appeals Board received IHRS check number 1494 in the amount of $1,000, which was sent pursuant to the notice of intention. Because payment of the earlier ordered , June 11, 2009 sanction was received within the time allowed by our December 21, 2012 notice of intention, the WCJ’s October 5, 2012 “Order §4907 Ruling” is rescinded as our Decision After Reconsideration. For the foregoing reasons,IT IS ORDERED as the Decision After Reconsideration of the Appeals Board that the October 5, 2012 “Order §4907 Ruling” o
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